Leather finishing or ironing machine



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A. M. BOWERS.

LEATHER FINISHING OR IRONING MAGHINE. No. 363,585. Patented May 24, 1887.

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LEATHER FINISHING 0 SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed June 2 [886. Serial No. 9.06.199.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. BOWERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-liIaehines; and I do and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In said drawings, in which similar letters of reference are employed to designate like parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention and a portion of a machine for operating the same. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of one form of the smoothingiron. Fig. at is a similar view of another form of iron, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the iron illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3.

One of the objects of the invention is to enable an ordinary fiat sad or smoothing iron to be used in connection with suitable machinery, instead of workingthesame byhand, and, further, toheat the same while in use continuously and regularly.

Among the uses to which the invention may be applied are ironing cloth or heavy goods or fabrics of any description, in glossing or smoothing leather, and for a variety of allied purposes.

In Patent No. 339,131, issued to me April 6, 1886, is illustrated one form of mechanism with which my present invention may be used when employed in treating leather, the drawings, hereinabove referred to, showing a portion of the oscillating beam in said machine. When used on an oscillating beam swinging and moving around a fixed center, the sad-iron is pref low the said iron to adapt itself to the surface over which it is moving.

A in the drawings, which illustrates one arrangement of the invention, indicates the 0s ciliating beam, to which is pivotally attached the sad-iron B, preferably by means of a head, 0, which is bolted to said beam, and is provided with downwardly-projeetiug lugs c c.

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Patent No. 363,585, dated May 24, 1887.

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The sad iron is provided with a chamber or cavity, 1), therein having steam-ducts b 1) leading to and from the same, and a lug, b centrally formed onsaid iron, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, which, when adjusted in operative relation to the head, projects up between the lugs c 0, as shown in Fig. 2, and is held therebetween by a bolt, (2, which allows the sadiron to turn freely thereon, to accommodate itself to the inequalities of the face over which it is passing.

To the steam-ducts are attached flexible tubing 6, which conducts the steam to and from the ducts and permits the free movement of the sad-iron.

As will be understood,other methods of securing the sad-iron pivotally to the head or beam may be readily devised; hence I do not wish to limit the invention to the exact construction shown.

The sad-iron may be conicaliy pointed at either or both ends, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, and when used without being heated is preferably made solid without the hollow interior and steam ducts. WVhen used for treating leather,this form of tool is of great advantage, because of its flat working-surface and pointed end or ends, spreading and workingdown the grain of the leather and providing a smooth and glossy surface. The tool for this purpose may be made of any well-known or suitable material adapted to produce the desired effect, as glass, stone, metal, 830.

In the machine shown in my patent numbered 339,134, referred to above, the movement of the oscillating beam is such that the tool is upon the leather during but one moveing-surface may be ribbed, corrugated, or cut in any way to secure the end desired.

Having thus described myinvention, I desire to claim the following:

1. The combination,with a head, 0, adapted a flat working-surface, steam-ducts b I), leading to and from the chamber in said sad-iron, and tubing to conduct the steam to and from the ducts, said parts being arranged and combined substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of June, 1886.

" ALBERT M. BOYVERS.

Vitnesses:

FREDK. F. CAMPBELL, FREQ. O. FRAENTZEL. 

